12-letter words containing m, u, s
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immaturities — Plural form of immaturity.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immune serum — a serum containing naturally or artificially produced antibodies to a given antigen, obtained from human or animal sources.
- immunisation — (British, immunology) alternative spelling of immunization.
- immunologist — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- impudentness — Quality of being impudent.
- in a measure — to an extent
- in our midst — among us
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incumbencies — Plural form of incumbency.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.
- inimicitious — inimical
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- instrumented — equipped with instruments to perform specified functions, as testing, measurement, or control: an instrumented railroad car.
- insubmission — Lack of submission; disobedience.
- insubmissive — Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient.
- insulin pump — an external battery-powered device that injects insulin into the body at a programmed rate to control diabetes.
- intellimouse — Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
- interregnums — Plural form of interregnum.
- interstitium — (medicine) An interstitial space within a tissue or organ.
- intuitionism — Ethics. the doctrine that moral values and duties can be discerned directly.
- intumescence — a swelling up, as with congestion.
- isostemonous — having stamens equal in number to the sepals or petals.
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- just in time — Business. noting or pertaining to a method of inventory control that keeps inventories low by scheduling needed goods and equipment to arrive a short time before a production run begins. Abbreviation: JIT.
- just-in-time — dynamic translation
- juste milieu — a point between two extremes; the golden mean.
- juste-milieu — a point between two extremes; the golden mean.
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.